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>> we're committed to making sure the children of maryland have the best education. can we say we will always be number one? of course not. >> tim tooten, wbal-tv 11 news. >> tim will have more tonight at 5:00 p.m. schools no longer in session for 1000 students in maryland. >> jennifer franciotti has the details. >> the students are sleeping in this morning. they came to class yesterday not knowing their school would be shut down. this is how they learned their school had been shut down. it is private trade school. they abruptly closed. the school has branches in colombia and silver spring as well as other states across the country. 1200 maryland students were enrolled. >> we here are committed to insuring that they complete the training that they intended to complete when they enrolled. it is important they get the skills they need to get the jobs they need. >> they will be working with the students to find them a new place to go. anyone who paid out of pocket will be reimbursed from a fund they were required to pay into. jennifer franciotti, wbal-tv 11 news. >> pol
>> we're committed to making sure the children of maryland have the best education. can we say we will always be number one? of course not. >> tim tooten, wbal-tv 11 news. >> tim will have more tonight at 5:00 p.m. schools no longer in session for 1000 students in maryland. >> jennifer franciotti has the details. >> the students are sleeping in this morning. they came to class yesterday not knowing their school would be shut down. this is how they learned their...
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education week magazine has named the school -- a major achievement. education week magazine has been the school the best and the nation for the fifth year in a row. >> maryland hangs on to its no. 1 ranking. >> obviously we are delighted maryland has identified as number one by quality council. >> she is in charge of what students are learning across the state, but she says there is enough credit to go around. >> it gives the opportunity to recognize stakeholders across the state to have really worked together to make this the number one school system. >> as you look at this year's results, would you say there is room for improvement? >> the work is not done. certainly the focus on on eliminating the achievement gap. every parent, every educator, every child deserves to have the very best school in his or her community. >> maryland received nothing more than a b grade in a number of academic categories. it landed an a in several categories including work force policies. >> how tough is it to remain no. one year after year? >> we want to make sure the
education week magazine has named the school -- a major achievement. education week magazine has been the school the best and the nation for the fifth year in a row. >> maryland hangs on to its no. 1 ranking. >> obviously we are delighted maryland has identified as number one by quality council. >> she is in charge of what students are learning across the state, but she says there is enough credit to go around. >> it gives the opportunity to recognize stakeholders across...
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you can see that in our education report -- just log on to our web site. click on education alert. live in the newsroom, tim tooten, wbal tv-11 news. >> we are two days away from the divisional matchups in denver that hopefully will keep the ravens on the road to new orleans. our own gerry sandusky will call the game in colorado. >> you understand why the ravens and of come across -- have come across as undercoat -- underdog's. denver is coming off a by week. make no mistake. denver trounced the ravens in december. but now bernard pierce has added a new element to the ground game. ray lewis has returned to the defense. the ravens look like underdogs, but they do not sound overwhelmed. and joe flacco will likely play better this week then in week 15. he learned from that nightmarish experience. saturday could have a different outcome the most of the country expects. >> defense played very well against these guys. we have to go do our thing. i think just as always, our goal is to score touchdowns. you know, obviously, they can score at a pretty high rate. we have to let our defense d
you can see that in our education report -- just log on to our web site. click on education alert. live in the newsroom, tim tooten, wbal tv-11 news. >> we are two days away from the divisional matchups in denver that hopefully will keep the ravens on the road to new orleans. our own gerry sandusky will call the game in colorado. >> you understand why the ravens and of come across -- have come across as undercoat -- underdog's. denver is coming off a by week. make no mistake. denver...
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it is historic for our educators and our state. it is fabulous for the students. >> we know how committed maryland is. that is a big part of living here. >> maryland beat massachusetts, new york, virginia, and arkansas round out the top five. you can see more on our website , wbaltv.com. >> pedestrians were hurt after being hit by a vehicle. >> ty reed joins us with the latebreaking details. >> they are still trying to piece together the details. it appears they were trying to get across a dark section of the road during this busy rush hour. >> the pedestrians were hit on route 100 eastbound entrance ramp. sky 11 flew over the screen as emergency crews rushed to get two 16-year-olds, a 19-year-old, and 20-year-old into and.... there are no traffic -- into ambulances. there are no traffic lights. all of the pedestrians were taken by abby lance with shock trauma and critical injuries. one of the article injuries is life-threatening. >> you might get something like this in a crowd gathering. but those were pedestrians crossing the roa
it is historic for our educators and our state. it is fabulous for the students. >> we know how committed maryland is. that is a big part of living here. >> maryland beat massachusetts, new york, virginia, and arkansas round out the top five. you can see more on our website , wbaltv.com. >> pedestrians were hurt after being hit by a vehicle. >> ty reed joins us with the latebreaking details. >> they are still trying to piece together the details. it appears they...
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>> we're committed to making sure the children of maryland have the best education. can we say we will always be number one? of course not. but we will always strive to be number one. >> tim tooten, wbal-tv 11 news. >> tim love much more at 5:00 p.m. -- tim will have much more coming up at 5:00 p.m. >> and rock council has 45 new board-certified teachers -- and around the accounting now has 45 new board-certified teachers. >> it is the highest teaching credential in the nation that you can earn. >> the board acidification is valid for 10 years. >> schools is out for more than 1000 students across maryland. a trade school has shut down without warning. jennifer franciotti has more on that story. >> not even an e-mail. the students came to class yesterday not knowing their school would be shut down. there was a note posted on the board. the school has branches in colombia and silver spring. about 1200 maryland students were enrolled. >> we here are committed to ensuring that they complete the training that they intended to complete when they enrolled. it is important t
>> we're committed to making sure the children of maryland have the best education. can we say we will always be number one? of course not. but we will always strive to be number one. >> tim tooten, wbal-tv 11 news. >> tim love much more at 5:00 p.m. -- tim will have much more coming up at 5:00 p.m. >> and rock council has 45 new board-certified teachers -- and around the accounting now has 45 new board-certified teachers. >> it is the highest teaching credential...
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. >> in tonight's education alert, maryland schools continue their winning streak. they were named number one in the nation for the fifth year in our wrote. the system got a final grade of b-plus, but received no marks lower than a b. state school officials say there's still plenty of room for improvement. the top honor for a maryland scientist from the white house. >> he is one of 12 researchers been awarded this year's national medal of science. tim tooten is live in the newsroom with that story. big news for him, sam. >> he is a distinguished professor of physics, but his resume also includes a seat on the state board of education. the national medal of science from the white house is one of the highest honors given to scientists, engineers, and inventors. dr. gates is the author of more than 200 publications. he has been a member of the state school board since 2009. he says it is a nice surprise. >> the personal meaning i take from it is in order to get this sort of recognition, some of the world's best physicists had to support the research program i had been
. >> in tonight's education alert, maryland schools continue their winning streak. they were named number one in the nation for the fifth year in our wrote. the system got a final grade of b-plus, but received no marks lower than a b. state school officials say there's still plenty of room for improvement. the top honor for a maryland scientist from the white house. >> he is one of 12 researchers been awarded this year's national medal of science. tim tooten is live in the newsroom...
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education, business majors are the biggest average starting pay. at the new york stock exchange, i'm jane king, bloomberg news, for wbal-tv 11 news. back to you. >> thank you very much. have a great day. >> keith mills examines one of the secret weapons in sports. >> don't forget to e-mail us your response to our water cooler question of the day. what do you think is the key to a ravens win in denver tomorrow? you can share your response on wbaltv.com, on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> here is a look at last night's winning maryland lottery numbers. >> now insta-weather plus and traffic pulse 11 together. >> good morning. sarah caldwell checking on your morning commute. a little busy out there in carroll county. there is a closure along 97 at old liberty. there is an accident blocking all lanes. 65 on 70 in towards 29. running smoothly overall. a nice start on 70 into the beltway. we have an accident in dundalk. flashing lights and not impacting traffic. southbound traffic in great shape on 95. philadelphia bo
education, business majors are the biggest average starting pay. at the new york stock exchange, i'm jane king, bloomberg news, for wbal-tv 11 news. back to you. >> thank you very much. have a great day. >> keith mills examines one of the secret weapons in sports. >> don't forget to e-mail us your response to our water cooler question of the day. what do you think is the key to a ravens win in denver tomorrow? you can share your response on wbaltv.com, on our facebook page, or...
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. >> a new honor in our education alert. >> another year of the city progress for maryland city schools. >> a maryland trade school shuts down abruptly. i am jennifer franciotti. >> we are checking on three early-morning accid [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> you're watching wbal-tv 11. live, local, late-breaking. this is 11 news today at 5:00 a.m. >> good morning. i'm mindy basara. >> and i'm stan stovall. thanks for joining us for 11 news today. >> ava marie has a fofirst look at the forecast. >>
. >> a new honor in our education alert. >> another year of the city progress for maryland city schools. >> a maryland trade school shuts down abruptly. i am jennifer franciotti. >> we are checking on three early-morning accid [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> you're watching wbal-tv 11. live, local, late-breaking. this is 11 news today at 5:00 a.m. >> good morning....
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. >> now on the education alert, top honors for more than 200 verlaine schoolteachers. they are down nationally board certified. now nationally board certified. >> it turns out there are five in one school alone. mothers fail elementary. -- millers dale elementary. >> it is the highest teaching credential in the nation you can earn. it is a voluntary credential that teachers undertake. >> that board certification is valid for 10 years. right now maryland has more than 2400 board certified teachers. >> now your 11 insta-weather- plus forecast with tom tasselmire. >> a week frontal boundary moving across the area today. it did produce light rain towards the middle part of the day. a little thought of yellow. showers might have come down stronger. it did not produce a whole lot of rain. officially at the airport, nothing but trouble. just a trace. it may have had a slightly heavier shower in your backyard tree the middle part of the day. no measurable rain so far this year. that will probably change on friday. only 49 after a morning low 27. 35 degrees in 1927. record low
. >> now on the education alert, top honors for more than 200 verlaine schoolteachers. they are down nationally board certified. now nationally board certified. >> it turns out there are five in one school alone. mothers fail elementary. -- millers dale elementary. >> it is the highest teaching credential in the nation you can earn. it is a voluntary credential that teachers undertake. >> that board certification is valid for 10 years. right now maryland has more than...
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. >> sex education for seniors is more necessary >> a three-month delay for the army private charged in the wikileaks scandal. the judge cited extra time needed to deal with classified information. this limits the possible sentence for bradley manning if he is convicted. he is accused of leaking reams of classified documents to wikileaks. the government claims he knew or should have known it would be seen by al qaeda. alert, thes medical recent cold weather has claimed two more lives in maryland. e total is now up to four. this may surprise you, but older adults living sexually active life style, are giving rise to a growing number of hiv cases. that is why city health officials and those in the private sector trying to spread the word. >> it has been a long time since and jessica hert sat in a sex education class. it is what seniors do not know that has officials concerned. a growing number of adults are being diagnosed with hiv. >> we looked at the numbers of people living with hiv in the city, 2010, and 45% for over the age of 50. we know this is an issue for older adults. i do no
. >> sex education for seniors is more necessary >> a three-month delay for the army private charged in the wikileaks scandal. the judge cited extra time needed to deal with classified information. this limits the possible sentence for bradley manning if he is convicted. he is accused of leaking reams of classified documents to wikileaks. the government claims he knew or should have known it would be seen by al qaeda. alert, thes medical recent cold weather has claimed two more...
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. >> state education officials say there is good news for students with those questions but they are frustrated over the bad news they received as they arrive for class here today. i, students weres - informed that, their school was shut down. >> i was a really learning and all had to stop suddenly. it is kind of frustrating. >> the massachusetts-based school has branches in colombia and silver spring. 1200 students were enrolled in courses ranging from digital media to medical billing. the financial records were regularly monitored. >> the information would signal to us whether or not there were any problems. we did not see any of that. >> what happens to the students? according to the commission, officials were not -- will work with students to organize transcribes to similar programs to trade schools without losing their credit records. >> we're committed to ensuring they complete the training and the intended to complete when they enrolled. it is important a get the skills they need. >> a students can get their tuition money back. anywhere from $9,600 to $20,000. >> the students
. >> state education officials say there is good news for students with those questions but they are frustrated over the bad news they received as they arrive for class here today. i, students weres - informed that, their school was shut down. >> i was a really learning and all had to stop suddenly. it is kind of frustrating. >> the massachusetts-based school has branches in colombia and silver spring. 1200 students were enrolled in courses ranging from digital media to...
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with an advanced degree in education from capella university, you'll have the knowledge to meet these challenges and make a difference in the lives of students. let's get started at capella.edu. ♪ [ female announcer ] with its rich, silky smooth taste there's magic in every piece of dove® dark chocolate. ♪ to say get well to your loved ones. ♪ this came for you, mommy. [ female announcer ] but it takes the touch of kleenex® brand, america's softest tissue, to turn a gesture into a complete gift of care. [ barks ] send your own free kleenex® care pack... full of soothing essentials at kleenex.com. kleenex®. america's softest tissue. one pharmacist started it all: charles walgreen had a mission to help people be happy and healthy. from inventing the first chocolate malt... to creating a nonprofit pharmacy for our troops... to the first child safety caps. walgreens has been innovating for over a hundred years. and we're just getting started. with more and more ways to be well every day, here...at the corner of happy and healthy. savicchy. >>> be well be happy today is brought t
with an advanced degree in education from capella university, you'll have the knowledge to meet these challenges and make a difference in the lives of students. let's get started at capella.edu. ♪ [ female announcer ] with its rich, silky smooth taste there's magic in every piece of dove® dark chocolate. ♪ to say get well to your loved ones. ♪ this came for you, mommy. [ female announcer ] but it takes the touch of kleenex® brand, america's softest tissue, to turn a gesture into a...
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now you can get 4 box tops for education on 70 general mills products. 4 more box tops... so we can help our schools even more. that's 84 box tops! [ female announcer ] get 4 box tops, now only a walmart. but there are foods that i had no idea had so much acid in them. my dentist said that the acid in fruit, or fruit juice or fruit teas softens the enamel so that then it can potentially erode. once that enamel is gone, it's gone. my dentist recommended that i use pronamel to help harden that enamel so that it's not brushed away. pronamel protects your teeth from the effects of acid erosion. i don't have to cut out the things that i love in my diet. i can have the best of both worlds with pronamel. >>> designers usually use sequins and feathers but what about a gown made out of office supplies? >> sounds interesting. >> yes. brooklyn designer has created one of a kind dresses, get this, made of only rubber bands. our very own dylan drier is modeling it. you have to do it gracefully. >> there is kind of no graceful. >> weighs up to 14 pounds. does it feel heavy? >> oh, my go
now you can get 4 box tops for education on 70 general mills products. 4 more box tops... so we can help our schools even more. that's 84 box tops! [ female announcer ] get 4 box tops, now only a walmart. but there are foods that i had no idea had so much acid in them. my dentist said that the acid in fruit, or fruit juice or fruit teas softens the enamel so that then it can potentially erode. once that enamel is gone, it's gone. my dentist recommended that i use pronamel to help harden that...
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well, here on our show, we support education, so i'd like to help your child out. ladies and gentlemen, here to teach the abcs is actor paul giamatti. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> ah! >> jimmy: okay. whenever you're ready, paul. >> oh, thanks a lot, jimmy. it is just fantastic to be here! well, all right. let's learn the alphabet. hey, how does that sound, huh? >> jimmy: yeah, fantastic. [ cheers ] >> now, first you got "a." that's a good numero uno right there. it's a nice, solid way to start out the alphabet. letter "a." then, we have -- oh, what is it? i can't remember. can't seem to remember this one. it's now coming to me. "b!" "b" is our second letter. followed by "c," which i never forget because it's the first letter of my favorite dessert, which is cheesecake. [ light laughter ] then, buckle up, folks, because we got a funky one. we got a funky one coming. it's the letter, "d." "d" is the fourth letter of the alphabet. >> jimmy: paul? can we hurry this up at all? [ laughter ] >> sure thing, jimbotron. [ laughter ] tell you what, how about we just shortcu
well, here on our show, we support education, so i'd like to help your child out. ladies and gentlemen, here to teach the abcs is actor paul giamatti. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> ah! >> jimmy: okay. whenever you're ready, paul. >> oh, thanks a lot, jimmy. it is just fantastic to be here! well, all right. let's learn the alphabet. hey, how does that sound, huh? >> jimmy: yeah, fantastic. [ cheers ] >> now, first you got "a." that's a good numero uno...
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>> look at your skill sets, your education, passions, interests, and say what problem could i solve with the skills, passions and interests they currently have. and then look to those problems and see if you can start a business or start a service company solving those problems. it's really that simple. it's not complicated. >> if i think i'm a failure, i will be a failure? >> yeah. >> value of positive thinking, it is important. your mindset is important. even though hoda doesn't think so. >> i like you fine, steve. >> steve, thank you very, very much. >> world renowned dog behaviorist and trainer cesar milan. >> i think that's the doggy you need to take home. >> really? >> so cute. >> right after this. >>> it's time for your weather channel forecast. over the next couple of days. we're going to start with today's forecast where we're going to have a big story of rain anywhere from the gulf coast all the way up toward minneapolis, maybe a little bit of a mix. but the story really is this storm moving up spreading warmth and rain with it. and then weather we have a winter storm that is m
>> look at your skill sets, your education, passions, interests, and say what problem could i solve with the skills, passions and interests they currently have. and then look to those problems and see if you can start a business or start a service company solving those problems. it's really that simple. it's not complicated. >> if i think i'm a failure, i will be a failure? >> yeah. >> value of positive thinking, it is important. your mindset is important. even though...
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my job's not just to entertain, but to educate, teach you how the market works. call me at 1-800-743-cnbc. the script right now says the companies are supposed to be performing horribly. we're supposed to be geared for disappointment. which makes it so unfathomable that the averages rally today. dow gaining 62 points, s&p rising .27%, nasdaq climbing .45%. what do you do? i have to put myself in the mind of the market. what do you do when a gigantic fortune 200 company you haven't heard of but with everything with testament -- what do you do when they say things are much better than expected? how do you spin that story negatively, darn it? particularly when the stock jumps $2.12? how confounding and totally off message is the announcement from striker, the medical device company with a broad array of products designed to make your body work better, even when it's aging rapidly, like mine, that sales are well above what wall street was looking for? what gives here? rallied on $1.41. didn't anyone tell those guys or their customers that the affordable care act is g
my job's not just to entertain, but to educate, teach you how the market works. call me at 1-800-743-cnbc. the script right now says the companies are supposed to be performing horribly. we're supposed to be geared for disappointment. which makes it so unfathomable that the averages rally today. dow gaining 62 points, s&p rising .27%, nasdaq climbing .45%. what do you do? i have to put myself in the mind of the market. what do you do when a gigantic fortune 200 company you haven't heard of...
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. >> the primary goal and focus of the museum is education. do you get a sense that there is a great thirst for knowledge about the second world war among the younger people who visit that museum? >> reporter: i do, matt. my own personal experience is that the baby boomers who came along after the war, it was not part of their memory. but all the books that have been written about that time and they realize what their parents went through. first the depression and then the war and how much we owe them and how much was at stake. so young people are coming here and learning the magnitude of this war. 50 million people perished in world war ii, fought on six of the seven continents. the british military historian says the largest single event in the history of mankind. so big that we're just now beginning to come to grips with how important it is in the 20th century and for mankind through the years. >> tom, for your work in making it an even better place, we congratulate you. thanks for joining us this morning. >> reporter: all right. one more t
. >> the primary goal and focus of the museum is education. do you get a sense that there is a great thirst for knowledge about the second world war among the younger people who visit that museum? >> reporter: i do, matt. my own personal experience is that the baby boomers who came along after the war, it was not part of their memory. but all the books that have been written about that time and they realize what their parents went through. first the depression and then the war and...
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i am stan stovall. 45th year in a row, "education week" magazine has named maryland the number one school in the nation. maryland received an overall grade of b-+. the state landed in a in several categories, for early childhood, college readiness policies, and work force policies. school officials say they are committed to but maintaining that top spot in a nation. lots of problems this morning. >> we just got word of a problem, as expected, on the outer loop of perring parkway. offender pender off to the right shoulder. it did not take long for that back to develop. here is what it looks like a perring parkway. prior to that, approaching belair road to perring parkway, you will be sitting in jammed conditions. another one on southbound ritchie highway. if you are on 99, shot down from one stock to bethany lane -- from one stock to bethany lane. so far so good southbound at mount carmel. >> a little chilly to start off the day. 46 downtown, 30 said the airport. 34 in parkton. the ots in chestertown and even easton. -- 30's in chestertown and even easton. by lunchtime, 463 afternoon high
i am stan stovall. 45th year in a row, "education week" magazine has named maryland the number one school in the nation. maryland received an overall grade of b-+. the state landed in a in several categories, for early childhood, college readiness policies, and work force policies. school officials say they are committed to but maintaining that top spot in a nation. lots of problems this morning. >> we just got word of a problem, as expected, on the outer loop of perring...
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education has become a business. it is not a business where you are paying an instant touche and to educate -- an institution to educate you and the success is performance- based. what happens when students do not get that education and what responsibility do the institutions have as far as educating people that are going to be employable? guest: i think that is a great question. that is one of the main responsibilities of education. they need to make sure that your skills will be transferable to the job market. i do believe that there is a conversation now. there is a conversation happening to train the president and the schools about whether schools need to be held more accountable for outcomes. we have to recognize that it is a difficult job market that is not the fault of schools, but students need to pay attention to what kind of educational value and student experience and retention and graduation rates. talk to alumni. see what their experience is and what is happening in the job market for them. there is aa t
education has become a business. it is not a business where you are paying an instant touche and to educate -- an institution to educate you and the success is performance- based. what happens when students do not get that education and what responsibility do the institutions have as far as educating people that are going to be employable? guest: i think that is a great question. that is one of the main responsibilities of education. they need to make sure that your skills will be transferable...
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comparable data her for educating in the culture of education for determining it's very difficult why it was that it was difficult to to to evaluate a noise either mr know that while ago i mean there's data on the national basis maybe irrationally in the us there's a lot. reliable data in some other countries awful but not globally but what i can propose such a thing for example i know that russian students when they enter a university they have sort of a. ranking for themselves the number of months a graduate looks for a job after graduating that's a good thing i mean i mean it is good if you get if minds work within the month this is good but if you look for a job for would a year this is this is not the lawyer it is important to have this kind of data for all rushing. you know it exists among students i mean they know they somehow i don't know that this kind of data is available for us universities. but not globally. well if we talk about the past for a couple of decades has the criteria for evaluating the various states has it changed over the years. well talking about of the rank
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but it is health care, education, work force training or other things -- whether it is health care, education, work force training or other things, we need to work together. we had a good meeting with the president and vice president and leader harry reid. we want to make sure we have an opportunity to weigh in so that people can understand the impact on states. >> you are going to see something politicians rarely do. i want to clarify something. there are a lot of numbers floating around as it relates to medicare. i want to clarify something i said a minute though -- amendment of about my state. it is actually $800 billion for our nation. getting back to the tax issue and to the tax reform committee you talked about, one of the things we have been working on as the nga is trying to work within our space in looking at how we can make government more efficient, more effective. we are concerned about our bond toing, our nation's ability borrow at a reasonable cost. we have a task force we have .ormedi find some't uncdrtainty and having to have this debate -- uncertainty and having to have this
but it is health care, education, work force training or other things -- whether it is health care, education, work force training or other things, we need to work together. we had a good meeting with the president and vice president and leader harry reid. we want to make sure we have an opportunity to weigh in so that people can understand the impact on states. >> you are going to see something politicians rarely do. i want to clarify something. there are a lot of numbers floating around...
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lastly, i like to remind all of us that emersion education takes on many forms in today's educational arena. the focus is sometimes blurred. by different interpretations. or political agendas. i hope that the emersion education model as conceptualized and exemplified by the alice fong yu community, will help provide standards of all emersion education programs everywhere. thank you very much. [applause] >> we are very honor to recognize michelle kyung, a teacher at washington high school, and awarded the outstanding teacher of america award by the carl foundation, and here this evening is our award winning teacher, michelle kyung and we would like to present a certificate and ask you to say a few words. [applause] >> happy new year and good evening to superintendent carranza, and new board president rachel norton, sorry, i have been sick today. and vice president fewer, i am erica from the george washington high school, and i am here to share positive about a teacher at george washington high school. after all the papers are turned in and the scores tabulated. and all the students hav
lastly, i like to remind all of us that emersion education takes on many forms in today's educational arena. the focus is sometimes blurred. by different interpretations. or political agendas. i hope that the emersion education model as conceptualized and exemplified by the alice fong yu community, will help provide standards of all emersion education programs everywhere. thank you very much. [applause] >> we are very honor to recognize michelle kyung, a teacher at washington high school,...
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education program. -- head start education program. so that's where the book began, and most of the people who advised me said, well, it's a very interesting book, i'm sure you'll get on fox tv. and that was not my goal. my goal was not to be a critic. so i said, well, okay, let me do part two of the book, at least to calm people down and say there are some social programs that are really quite effective. -- and maybe we can learn a lesson from that. and the big quiz that in the course of writing the book i conducted with and bored to death my wife and my children was let me sit down with everybody i know and say tell me the three government programs that have been the most effective in, say, the last 65 years. almost every one of my academic friends would say head start, and i would say, wrong. no evidence that it works. the most effective government programs in sort of chronological order; social security, the g.i. bill of 1944 and medicare in 1965. now, there will be some pushback about that. even "usa today" had an editorial this w
education program. -- head start education program. so that's where the book began, and most of the people who advised me said, well, it's a very interesting book, i'm sure you'll get on fox tv. and that was not my goal. my goal was not to be a critic. so i said, well, okay, let me do part two of the book, at least to calm people down and say there are some social programs that are really quite effective. -- and maybe we can learn a lesson from that. and the big quiz that in the course of...
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the unique opportunity to acquire education in cantonese and mandarin. particularly through the chinese exchange program. in addition to high excellence led by faculty and engaged parent and body, and this includes full after-class programs and fine arts, and after-school tutoring and multidance groups. we would like to thank superintendent carranza and board members of education to your continued support to afy. we have an invitation to give to the board members and now our students will tell you why they love afy. >> i would make a quick announcement, on march 2, from 3-6 p.m., we will have a big party at alice fong yu school, and you are all invited. we will have jazz and hors d'oeuvres and say, yay, we did a great job in 2012. >> [speaking foreign language] [applause] >> good evening, my name is faith peterson bailey, i attend alice fong yu and i am the chief of staff. i want to thank you for giving my school a blue ribbon award. and giving my principal a bell award. during school time i like learning math and science, because my teacher uses chinese
the unique opportunity to acquire education in cantonese and mandarin. particularly through the chinese exchange program. in addition to high excellence led by faculty and engaged parent and body, and this includes full after-class programs and fine arts, and after-school tutoring and multidance groups. we would like to thank superintendent carranza and board members of education to your continued support to afy. we have an invitation to give to the board members and now our students will tell...
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access to education, affordable access to education, which was a voucher program. meaning the g.i.s could go to any school they wanted to. the money went to them instead of schools. the second its access to affordable housing. if you roll the clock ahead to 2012, why is the middle class suffering? we don't have access to affordable high quality higher education, our students are taking on vastly too much debt. and my two sons, 38 and 34 years of age, who have good incomes, in one case more than mine -- couldn't even buy a house recently because the price of the house exceeds their income, and they're in the top 10% of income in the united states. that mean housing is no longer accessible to the middle class, and when the middle class can't buy house, the middle class has we have known it since 1950 ceases to exist. so that's part two of the book. programs that don't work, programs that do work, and the intellectual challenge, which took the alongest period to get my head around was, if you know that these programs don't work and you have a good fix on why, and you
access to education, affordable access to education, which was a voucher program. meaning the g.i.s could go to any school they wanted to. the money went to them instead of schools. the second its access to affordable housing. if you roll the clock ahead to 2012, why is the middle class suffering? we don't have access to affordable high quality higher education, our students are taking on vastly too much debt. and my two sons, 38 and 34 years of age, who have good incomes, in one case more than...
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why is girls education so important? i've gone to the extent now where i say you can drop bombs and build roads or put in electricity but until the girls are implicated, society won't change. several global studies show if you educate a girl to fifth grade level it does three things. reduce infant mortality, population explosion reduction and improve the quality of life and health. if your interested you can look up a guy called, well he wrote a book called development is freedom. it's a fat book. in the 60's another writer had the very foresite to see that girls education would be a process to bring about stabilization of population. he wrote a book called the poverty curve and jeffery sacks wrote the end of poverty in bangladesh a great example, they introduced 35 years ago to do a campaign to get all women and men or boys literate. it was 22% and today it's more than 75 percent if you look at a demographic curve with the population, you can see it's just starting to reach an apex in bangladesh. they're way ahead of in
why is girls education so important? i've gone to the extent now where i say you can drop bombs and build roads or put in electricity but until the girls are implicated, society won't change. several global studies show if you educate a girl to fifth grade level it does three things. reduce infant mortality, population explosion reduction and improve the quality of life and health. if your interested you can look up a guy called, well he wrote a book called development is freedom. it's a fat...
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we're nonprofit and we do both education and advocacy and on the education end we develop be curriculum and the curriculum is used widely across the country. it's in every state in the country and in canada and 70 countries around the world and programs we're familiar with is second step and i am hearing some nods and we have a
we're nonprofit and we do both education and advocacy and on the education end we develop be curriculum and the curriculum is used widely across the country. it's in every state in the country and in canada and 70 countries around the world and programs we're familiar with is second step and i am hearing some nods and we have a
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we've got to educate everybody using our streets. so, we're choosing today in the middle of the beginning of our holiday season with everybody's attention on having great fun, having wonderful events, having serious sales that allow people to shop, this is where the consciousness has to be risen. and, so, in light of this, we picked this day and this time and this area of year to make this announcement that we have a pedestrian strategy that's going on, a serious one. we're jointly doing it with the collaboration of all the different departments. we have asked and part of the strategy will be our police department, really doing a lot more enforcement strategically in all the areas that we need to, with not only stops, not only enforcement and ticketing, but a serious effort to remind people that these are going to be spots where we are going to pay a lot more attention. we have the mta, with ed's leadership and his staff, parking and traffic and others, working to do some of the physical improvements that remind everybody that we emp
we've got to educate everybody using our streets. so, we're choosing today in the middle of the beginning of our holiday season with everybody's attention on having great fun, having wonderful events, having serious sales that allow people to shop, this is where the consciousness has to be risen. and, so, in light of this, we picked this day and this time and this area of year to make this announcement that we have a pedestrian strategy that's going on, a serious one. we're jointly doing it...
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education has become a business. it is now a business where you are paying an institution to educate you and the success is performance-based. what happens when students do not get that education and what responsibility do the institutions have as far as educating people that are going to be employable? guest: i think that is a great question. that is one of the main responsibilities of education. they need to make sure that your skills will be transferable to the job market. i do believe that there is a conversation now. there is a conversation there is a conversation happening between the departments and the schools about whether schools need to be held more accountable for outcomes. we have to recognize that it is a difficult job market that is not the fault of schools, but students need to pay attention to what kind of educational value and student experience and retention and graduation rates. talk to alumni. see what their experience is and what is happening in the job market for them. host: marian wang, there
education has become a business. it is now a business where you are paying an institution to educate you and the success is performance-based. what happens when students do not get that education and what responsibility do the institutions have as far as educating people that are going to be employable? guest: i think that is a great question. that is one of the main responsibilities of education. they need to make sure that your skills will be transferable to the job market. i do believe that...
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and so i think that we have a lot of educating to do. in my office we do a lot of cyber bullying training in our schools and it's amazing how much access some kids have to the internet at a really young age. they have iphones. they're on the internet. they have or smartphones. they have computers in the bedroom and parent it is never over the shoulder to see what is going online. there is a lot of unrestricted access to the internet and the internet has put it on another level and one push of a button and everybody in the school will have a picture or hear it and the outcome of that is -- it would be not just reconciling relationships or restorative justice or some other way between two or three or four people but now you have a whole study body that has been tempered or tainted with something that goes against the individual who was a target of that, so the internet working more strongly with the partners and the providers of the internet and there is awareness and education, but back to the student assemblies that we do it is amazing a
and so i think that we have a lot of educating to do. in my office we do a lot of cyber bullying training in our schools and it's amazing how much access some kids have to the internet at a really young age. they have iphones. they're on the internet. they have or smartphones. they have computers in the bedroom and parent it is never over the shoulder to see what is going online. there is a lot of unrestricted access to the internet and the internet has put it on another level and one push of a...
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do you really expect the education reform to make a difference in education in mexico? >> let me make an argument. i think we will see some changes. the real question is the political parties to push energy, tax reform, and social security. if it has been successful it is because it is very popular to be in favor of better education in mexico. once the energy bill comes to the floor, i think the honeymoon will be over. if you want to have an effective energy reform it is impossible to have consensus. it will be over at some point in this year. it is very evident. the question is not whether we will have some reforms. the question is whether they will be and not votes -- whether there will be enough votes and whether it will be implemented in the coming years. everybody is talking about the education bill. the implementation will take years to have a real education. how will this be in the coming years? this will take years to have an impact. >> to comments. -- two comments. i agree that when the battle is essentially joins over the question of energy of reform which wil
do you really expect the education reform to make a difference in education in mexico? >> let me make an argument. i think we will see some changes. the real question is the political parties to push energy, tax reform, and social security. if it has been successful it is because it is very popular to be in favor of better education in mexico. once the energy bill comes to the floor, i think the honeymoon will be over. if you want to have an effective energy reform it is impossible to...
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lastly, i like to remind all of us that emersion education takes on many forms in today's educational arena. the focus is sometimes blurred. by different interpretations. or political agendas. i hope that the emersion education model as conceptualized and exemplified by the alice fong yu community, will help provide standards of all emersion education programs everywhere. thank you very much. [applause]
lastly, i like to remind all of us that emersion education takes on many forms in today's educational arena. the focus is sometimes blurred. by different interpretations. or political agendas. i hope that the emersion education model as conceptualized and exemplified by the alice fong yu community, will help provide standards of all emersion education programs everywhere. thank you very much. [applause]
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the higher education a women has the more likely her son is to go on with education rather than getting into violence and drugs and certainly she won't condone her son getting into a gang or drugs. i've sometimes been criticized for that because they say all the 911 hijackers were educated and had university degrees and that certainly is true. but nobody botherd to check they're mothers and nearly all of them were i late rate an illiterate. exciting news and then i have to unfortunately talk to you about negative news. i've been in perhaps 120 cities over the past 14 months talking to maybe 50,000 people and i ask this question most places i go and i'll ask you today. how many of you are aware of the fact in afghanistan today, there's 5 point 2 million children going to school and 1 point 8 million of those are female and in 2000 there was only 8 hundred 6,000 kids in school. how many of you know that fact? one, two, you? so that makes my total now - i've counted 21 people in america. to me that's single most incredible inspiring news to come out of that country. that alone is justifica
the higher education a women has the more likely her son is to go on with education rather than getting into violence and drugs and certainly she won't condone her son getting into a gang or drugs. i've sometimes been criticized for that because they say all the 911 hijackers were educated and had university degrees and that certainly is true. but nobody botherd to check they're mothers and nearly all of them were i late rate an illiterate. exciting news and then i have to unfortunately talk to...
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educators throughout this country have raised their hands for more demanding education for their kids. source in the coming years will likely drop and many of my colleagues will be called incompetent. and in fact, they are merely telling the truth. no good deed goes unpunished, as we all know. as a community, it is time to rally behind his candor and courage and prepare the public to consider smart investment, to support people who are making great choices and doing their work. it is time for society to reinvest in this work. at the same time, mediocre and crop the stuff is just as expensive as excellent stuff. we need to demand higher standards in the things that we purchase. some excellent stuff will be free. can we build our networks and be equally germane about investment and standing behind people and also a tough-minded enough to admit that a lot of what we have invested in so forcefully creates no return for children. there is a kind of dual candor that is possible. >> i'm michael with the education writers association. my question is about the wraparound effort involved in get
educators throughout this country have raised their hands for more demanding education for their kids. source in the coming years will likely drop and many of my colleagues will be called incompetent. and in fact, they are merely telling the truth. no good deed goes unpunished, as we all know. as a community, it is time to rally behind his candor and courage and prepare the public to consider smart investment, to support people who are making great choices and doing their work. it is time for...
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>> our educational system was imploding. enrollment-wise, finance wise, something radical, radical surgery had to be done. >> announcer: major funding for "religion & ethics news weekly" is dedicated to i founder's interest in religion, community development and education. additional funding also provided by mutual of america, designing customized individual group and retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. the january henson foundation, and the corporation for public broadcasting. >>> welcome, i'm bob abernethy. it's good to have you with us. arguments continue over the so-called "fiscal cliff" deal approved this week in the fina minutes of the 112th congress. and religious groups are among those weighing in. the family research council criticized the deal for not including spending cuts and entitlement reforms. meanwhile, leaders of the christian group bread for the world said while the measure isn't perfect, they believe it will "prevent major economic damage that would have affected hungry and poor
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before she joined the department of education she was vice president of the education trust in washington, dc and was the founding executive of education trust west in oakland. in these positions she advocated for public school students in california, focusing on achievement and opportunity gaps, improving can urriculum and instructional quality and ensuring quality education for everybody. she served as an advisor on education issues on a number of private ipbs institutions, she is a teacher, a lawyer, and a very influential voice on all policy matters. she was also passionate about ending this issue of bullying and bringing everyone together to stop this disturbing trend so please welcome assistant secretary for civil rights, ruslyn lee. as i said, our moderator is not always our lieutenant governor, of course he needs to introduction -- no, i get to say something. i get to say something. as everyone in this room knows, youngest mayor in 100 years, right? youngest mayor in 100 years when he was elected 10 years ago and he has remained an effective and visionary leader for everyone. mayo
before she joined the department of education she was vice president of the education trust in washington, dc and was the founding executive of education trust west in oakland. in these positions she advocated for public school students in california, focusing on achievement and opportunity gaps, improving can urriculum and instructional quality and ensuring quality education for everybody. she served as an advisor on education issues on a number of private ipbs institutions, she is a teacher,...
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and-in-hand with job creation comes education. every governor has an important role to play in what is the most important future-oriented investments that we make, and that is around education. across the country, governors are insuring efforts to students, insuring they can always see the world class education that will prepare them for success. today 49 states and territories have voluntarily adopted a common core standards. these are high standards that are consistent across states. they provide clear expectations that everyone can work for together. most importantly, it is a foundation that we can build on to ensure that our students are well prepared with the skills and knowledge at they need to compete with the very best of the best from around the world. states and schools are working to implement new standards, upgrade training in standards, and you institute some of the initiatives under race to the top. nga has a role to ensure that some of the things we learned our shared with other states and the federal government. wi
and-in-hand with job creation comes education. every governor has an important role to play in what is the most important future-oriented investments that we make, and that is around education. across the country, governors are insuring efforts to students, insuring they can always see the world class education that will prepare them for success. today 49 states and territories have voluntarily adopted a common core standards. these are high standards that are consistent across states. they...
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when it comes to educating our young people, america is slipping. while virginia schools break well nationally, according to the program for international student assessment, the u.s. now ranks 14th in reading. 17th in science, and 25th in mathematics. that is not acceptable. those are not grades we want to put on the national refrigerator. the time for action is now. i want to thank delegate kirk thompson and the chairman of the all student campaign. they have created a number of proposals i will announce this year. it starts with the idea that great students and schools make great citizens. a great teacher, like my sister, makes all the difference in the world in the life of a young person. we need to recruit, retain, and reward excellent teachers, and then treat them like the professionals that they are. [applause] first i am proposing giving teachers their first state- supported pay raise since 2007, and my budget limits provide $58 million for a 2% pay raise. the education fairness act will streamline the bureaucratic grievance procedure to ben
when it comes to educating our young people, america is slipping. while virginia schools break well nationally, according to the program for international student assessment, the u.s. now ranks 14th in reading. 17th in science, and 25th in mathematics. that is not acceptable. those are not grades we want to put on the national refrigerator. the time for action is now. i want to thank delegate kirk thompson and the chairman of the all student campaign. they have created a number of proposals i...
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and thereby helping to improve our educational system. and lastly, i would like to thank the board for allowing us to take a part in this meeting. [applause] >> commissioner wynns. >> thank you, i want to add my congratulations, and thanks to the foundation. my congratulations to all of you. but i wanted to, if i may, as a point of personal privilege express my thank to liana szeto to all of her years of dedication to alice fong yu, and the school district. i have been there since the beginning too, and i appreciate all you have done and the recognition is richly deserved. thank you. >> i would also like to congratulate the honorees tonight. and i had the pleasure of attending an educator trip to china with liana, and i want tell everyone that mandarin skills are excellent. and very well deserved. and i want to thank michelle kyung for being an excellent teacher for my son. when he was in her honor roll class, and thank you for awarding her this recognition. thank you. >> thank you, vice president fewer. all right, we will move along to t
and thereby helping to improve our educational system. and lastly, i would like to thank the board for allowing us to take a part in this meeting. [applause] >> commissioner wynns. >> thank you, i want to add my congratulations, and thanks to the foundation. my congratulations to all of you. but i wanted to, if i may, as a point of personal privilege express my thank to liana szeto to all of her years of dedication to alice fong yu, and the school district. i have been there since...
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the educators, make sure they receive the education and understand that relationships are as important as the classroom can urriculum, especially at the secondary level, continue to hammer out policies that are not so punitive but restore we want to connect to correct. we don't want to punish. we often move kids from one environment it another but it doesn't help them make right and it doesn't help others. this is a systemic problem, it's not going to go away. but we can begin and we are, the people on this panel, those of you in this room, we're taking incremental steps. but one of the things we have to do is keep organizing ourselves and understanding the coordinated integrated way so services aren't bolted on, added on and become just a one and done in too many schools. it's got to be really embraced as what we call a whole school climate framework, a whole school climate improvement plan. and when we embrace that, everybody can come to the table and take what can i do? each one teach one, each one reach one, we change policy, we change practices, we change values. there is a map, t
the educators, make sure they receive the education and understand that relationships are as important as the classroom can urriculum, especially at the secondary level, continue to hammer out policies that are not so punitive but restore we want to connect to correct. we don't want to punish. we often move kids from one environment it another but it doesn't help them make right and it doesn't help others. this is a systemic problem, it's not going to go away. but we can begin and we are, the...
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that's what we naed to educate ourselves on. as i've said and if i have identified all the different players, it does take a village to raise our kids. it does require us to understand not only what happens in the classroom, what happens on the school grounds, what happens in programs that we all cherish so much on and off our school sites, it's online and it's off-line that we also have to concern ourselves with. it is with kids that have both parents and kids without the parents at home that it's happening. we need to embrace a full court program on this because the numbers tell us and dictate to us that we have to have this high level strong fierce collaboration to end bullying and to make sure it doesn't proceed into its worst stages. and so i want to just thank everyone for this collaboration, i know our human rights commission, theresa, is here, i know commissioner is here as well and all of the bay area to work together to utilize the resources that our justice department is offering. their guidance and leadership as well
that's what we naed to educate ourselves on. as i've said and if i have identified all the different players, it does take a village to raise our kids. it does require us to understand not only what happens in the classroom, what happens on the school grounds, what happens in programs that we all cherish so much on and off our school sites, it's online and it's off-line that we also have to concern ourselves with. it is with kids that have both parents and kids without the parents at home that...
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over the time children have grown up being educated inheir refugee leaders created their own education program with the support of organizations including the united nations. this is one of the people responsible. her group set up some 150 schools from nurseries to colleges at seven refugee camps in thailand. >> nearly over 60 years we can survive because of education. if not we will lost a long time ago. >> reporter: more than six decades of conflict with the government of myanmar forced many ethnic karens to flee. deborah and her family crossed into thailand in 1984. last year the two sides agreed to a cease-fire for the first time since fighting began. despite sporadic crashes, real strides for reconciliation are gaining momentum. at this college set up by deborah's group, most students move to the united states or australia after graduation. others choose to stay in thailand to teach refugee children. but recently some students say they want to return to myanmar. >> i want to be a doctor. i will help to improve the lives of karen people. i want to open up a hospital there. >> repor
over the time children have grown up being educated inheir refugee leaders created their own education program with the support of organizations including the united nations. this is one of the people responsible. her group set up some 150 schools from nurseries to colleges at seven refugee camps in thailand. >> nearly over 60 years we can survive because of education. if not we will lost a long time ago. >> reporter: more than six decades of conflict with the government of myanmar...